A key suspect in the robbery incident that reality star Kim Kardashian suffered in Paris last year has been freed based on medical reasons.

The 62-year-old career criminal, Didier Dubreucq was released from jail where he and five other suspects were awaiting trial in the heist that saw Kim Kardashian say she feared for her life as she was tied up naked in a bathtub and gagged.

According to his lawyers, Dubreucq waa freed but only allowed to travel for medical treatment. They did not disclose, however, the nature of his illness.

In October 2016 while in the French capital for the Paris Fashion Week, Kim Kardashian was attacked by a gang of robbers who carted away close to $10 million dollars worth of jewellery.